Two dates for WW2 Liberation Day

Debates of when Albania was liberated by the German troops remains open for the historians, who support the point of views of the respective parties, mostly based on the testimonies of the people who fought for the country’s liberation.

Those who fought until the last minutes in Shkoder try to give facts about the midnight between 28 and 29 November 2011. One of them is the 85 year old Bajram Rizai, partisan of the battalion “Perlat Rexhepi”, which was part of the last battles that took place in Shkoder.

“We entered the Post Telegraph premises by midnight. In the morning of November 29th, we saw the German rearward troops, and we hit an armored car with about 8 soldiers. It was morning. Three of them died, four others surrendered. This was the last hit on November 29th, when Shkoder was liberated. They can say what they want, but I was present and I have fought from 26 to 29 November”, Rizai declared.

Regardless this and many other testimonies, the date has changed each time that the parties changed government seats. Even the Martyr’s Cemetery has finally found peace, now that one party honors them on November 28th and the other on November 29th.

Rama commemorates Liberation Day martyrs

On 29 November, the Liberation Day from the World War 2 occupators, the opposition commemorated the Albanian Martyrs at the “Mother Albania” Monument.

The Socialist leader, Edi Rama, expressed the deep respect for all the people who died in the National Liberation War, and made an appeal for those who according to Rama are trying to touch this saint day for the Albanians.

“Happy Liberation Day, the day that cannot be changed and no one can delete from the memory or the history books. The day that covers in shame everyone that tries to touch it”, Rama says.

Democratic Party celebrates on November 28th

Prime Minister Berisha, the Parliament Speaker Jozefina Topalli and the Tirana Mayor, Lulzim Basha, honored the Liberation Martyr’s together with the Independence Day, on November 28th.

The “Mother Albania” memorial at the Martyrs Cemetery was the place where rest the men and women who died for the country’s independence and freedom during the last century.

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